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Scientists fear risk from smaller asteroids
12-4-2014 |
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An asteroid just 164ft across is still large enough to cause widespread devastation were it to hit us.
New 'moon' discovered orbiting the Earth
10-6-2014 | 53
Astronomers have identified an asteroid with an orbit so stable that it is almost like a second moon.
US to keep nukes to use against asteroids
10-6-2014 | 23
The United States is keeping some of its nuclear warheads in case of an apocalyptic asteroid threat.
Scientists tackle 'Earth-killer' asteroid
8-16-2014 | 14
A huge fast-moving space rock has the potential to bring about the apocalypse in the year 2880.
'Missing link' asteroid fragment discovered
7-3-2014 | 9
A meteor shower 470 million years ago is thought to have initiated an explosion of life on Earth.
Earth struck by big asteroids 'all the time'
4-20-2014 | 22
Three former NASA astronauts are set to reveal some unsettling data on how vulnerable our planet is.
NASA begins building asteroid spacecraft
4-10-2014 | 8
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will visit a nearby asteroid, obtain samples and then return them to Earth.
Asteroid with ring system discovered
3-28-2014 | 20
A 250km-wide rock known as Chariklo is the smallest known object to feature a ring system.
Earth sometimes hit by two asteroids at once
3-19-2014 | 6
Scientists have discovered a double-impact site in Sweden thought to be the result of a binary asteroid.
Did dark matter wipe out the dinosaurs ?
3-11-2014 | 45
Could a disc of dark matter on the galactic plane have triggered an apocalyptic asteroid impact ?
Double near-miss as two asteroids pass Earth
3-7-2014 | 17
Over the last couple of days two large recently discovered asteroids have passed close to our planet.
Near-Earth asteroid 'Moby Dick' goes missing
2-19-2014 | 43
A sizable asteroid measuring 270m across that was due to pass by the Earth seems to have disappeared.
Plumes of water discovered on Ceres
1-23-2014 | 10
Scientists have discovered signs of water on Ceres, an icy dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt.
Are asteroids actually worth mining ?
1-14-2014 | 8
A new study has suggested that very few nearby asteroids are suitable for commercial-scale mining.
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid discovered
1-12-2014 | 16
NASA has located a half-mile wide asteroid that could pass within 300,000 miles of the Earth.
Did dinosaur asteroid send life to Mars ?
12-12-2013 | 23
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have also catapulted life to Mars and elsewhere.
Astronomers spot strange six-tailed asteroid
11-8-2013 | 18
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed an asteroid unlike anything ever seen before.
UN meeting tackles asteroid threats
10-29-2013 | 4
Distinguished scientists and astronauts met to discuss asteroid mitigation strategies on Friday.
Japan test fires asteroid 'space cannon'
10-26-2013 | 9
The Japanese space agency is hoping to blast a hole in an asteroid to find out what it's made of.
NASA downplays 2032 killer asteroid fears
10-20-2013 | 28
The asteroid known as 2013 TV135 was discovered by Ukranian astronomers earlier this month.
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